"Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes" with Thomas Rainer and Claudia West will be the topic of program at Mt. Cuba Center on Wednesday, Nov. 4. We live in an increasingly globalized world where few wild places remain and nature has been relegated to isolated remnants of woodlands and wetlands. Now, more than ever, designers have the opportunity and responsibility to bring wildness and ecological value back into the landscape. This challenge requires a new form of planting design that works with natural principles and marries horticulture with ecology. The instructors, co-authors of Planting in a Post-Wild World, will bring a fresh approach to design, incorporating plant community-based strategies and the use of native plants to achieve the aesthetic and ecological goals of future landscapes.